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Last Updated: February 6th, 2005

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Mace Windu

"...And he's looking forward to the fact that he knows that at the end of the Clone War he gets killed so he gets hopefully a great death scene." - GL
Mace Windu will be wearing the same Jedi robes as in Episode II. Jackson will soon begin lightsaber rehearsals with Nick Gillard. - OS
"Mace Windu will go out in a blaze of glory." - RM
"Mace still has his purple lightsaber." - JK
"Mace Windu's role will be bigger and unforgettable." - RM
A scene on a gunship will include Obi-Wan and Mace and Yoda. - OS
In one scene Mace will be speaking to Yoda via hologram. - OS
A scene will include Obi-Wan, Anakin, Palpatine, Mace, and Bail Organa - as well as a swarm of Senators and planetary representatives, alien and human alike. - OS
In a Jedi Council scene, we will see Mace Windu discussing new assignments with Hayden and Ewan. Yoda, Agen Kolar, Stass Allie, and Saesee Tiin are among those present. - OS
"I Finally got my sword fight..."; Samuel L. Jackson said that he finally got to "do that" (use his lightsaber). He said he has already filmed his death scene and was visibly happy that he "doesn't go out like a punk". - SLJ
We will see Mace in a certain form of "space action". - RM
It took eight days for Sam to learn a 137 move lightsaber duel. He is the one being attacked in the duel. "It was difficult to learn how to be in a scene being backed up and on defense the whole time". The fight area covered about 400 yards and Sam jumped off steps and various other things. - SLJ
Sam Jackson is happy about the fate of Mace Windu and how it is handled. - SLJ
Mace is not stabbed in the back. "It's full-frontal". - SLJ
One shot shows Mace Windu and Obi-Wan Kenobi lit by the slotted blinds of Yoda's quarters. This shot will last 8 seconds. - OS
Mace Windu will talk to people via hologram in Ep3. - OS
Mace's fighting style is consistent with what was developed for Episode II, but now he has a much more challenging opponent, so, there will be new moves. - PH
Mace is among the main characters with stunt work demanding enough to require digital doubling and mock heads of the character, created in exact detail. - OS
Mace Windu will not fight/die alone but he will last the longest. - PH
Yoda and Mace are not involved in the opening space battle sequences. - PH
In one scene, Chancellor Palpatine and his entourage will be met by Mace Windu as he enters the Senate building. - OS
As Chancellor Palpatine arrives at the Senate building, Mace Windu asks, "Chancellor Palpatine. What a welcome sight. Are you all right?" - OS
In the scene mentioned above, Mace and Palpatine were originally supposed to meet in an industrial area of Coruscant, before the Chancellor would be shuttled off to a Senate landing platform and greeted by assembled dignitaries. In the new version of this scene, Mace is at the Senate landing platform with the rest of the dignitaries. Mace and Palpatine film a most civil exchange, pleasantries included, although veiled with tension. - OS
Going counter-clockwise from the Jedi Council chamber entrance, there is Plo Koon, Mace Windu, Yoda, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Agen Kolar, a new appointee, the Ongree Jedi Master, Saesee Tiin, Kit Fisto, a yet-to-be-determined Jedi, and Stass Allie. - OS
Mace Windu will yell in Episode III. - OS
A Jedi Council scene involves Silas Carson and Samuel L. Jackson exchanging dialogue. - OS
A new sequence has been added to the script, an exchange between Anakin and Mace. This scene was originally set in the Jedi Council, but was transplanted to a new environment, the never-before-seen gunship hangar bay of the Jedi Temple. - OS
In one scene, Mace Windu recoils from a Forceful attack. - OS
Mace isn't as powerful in Episode III as he was in the Clone Wars cartoons, therefore we won't see him single-handedly take out an army. - PH
Mace does not vanish and leave behind his robes and lightsaber when he dies. - PH
We will not see Mace's funeral, nor any other Jedi funeral, in Episode III. - PH
"I got my wish for a pretty spectacular and dramatic death." - SLJ
Mace Windu and Ki-Adi-Mundi will engage in the fight(s) of their lives. - OS
Mace Windu is a courageous fighter and respected member of the Jedi Council. In a desperate attempt to save the galaxy, Mace leads a daring confrontation against Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. - AFCB
Mace Windu discusses his growing concerns about Palpatine with the other members of the Jedi Council. - THC
Mace does not die alone. His posse consists of Agen Kolar, Kit Fisto, and Saesee Tinn. - PH
In Episode III, Mace has to use every ounce of his ability. He has to fight for his life. - NG
"There's a line of training through Darth Tyranus and Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and Anakin. You can follow that line, and there's an aggressive fault in that line. Mace isn't of that line, and that allows you to give him unique talents." Homing Beacon
"We all know that in [Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope] there are only four Jedi, so the remaining Jedi will undoubtedly be killed in [Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith]. I trained for two weeks to learn over 140 moves for one fight sequence that will be electrifying." - SLJ

"[Mace's death] is a satisfying death." - SLJ

"Nick Gillard has combined a lot of different fighting styles so that [the Mace fight] looks very good, it's spectacular, and it shows off my skills. It shows many sides of Mace during the fight: It makes him look dominant, it makes him vulnerable, it makes him sneaky in ways, and it makes him strong." - SLJ

"...I'm standing there and I'm winning [the lightsaber fight] actually even without Anakin's help up until he steps in and does what he does to turn the tide and that, you know, I go out the way I do. I've been begging not to die in my sleep or get stabbed in the back by, you know, some clone and it didn't happen. So I'm happy." - SLJ

"[My lightsaber fight] is rousing. It's a great light-saber battle with 102 moves in three big rooms." - SLJ

Acronym Key:

GL = George Lucas (Director)
OS = Official Site (starwars.com)
RM = Rick McCallum (Producer)
CF = Colin Fletcher (First Assistant Director)
NP = Natalie Portman (Actress)
HC = Hayden Christensen
RB = Roger Barton (Film Editor)
IM = Ian McDiarmid (Actor)
GT = Genndy Tartakovsky (Clone Wars Animated Series Creator)
C2 = Celebration II
BB = Ben Burtt (Sound Editor)
JEJ = James Earl Jones (Voice Actor)
JK = John Knoll (Visual Effects/ILM)
PE = Paul Ens (Official Site)
GB = Gavin Bocquet (Production Designer)
JE = Joel Edgerton (Actor)
PM = Peter Mayhew (Actor)
RC = Rob Coleman (Visual Effects/ILM Supervisor)
AA = Amy Allen (Actress)
BS = Bruce Spence (Actor)
BL = Bai Ling (Actress)
CSC = Caroline de Souza Correa (Actress)
NG = Nikki Gooley (Makeup Supervisor)
JB = Jon Berg (Modelmaker)
EL = Euisung Lee (Animatics Artist)
LP = Lorne Peterson (Modelmaker)
DW = David Weitzberg (Visual Effects Artist)
MR = Master Replicas (Prop Replica Company)
DE = Dave Elsey (Creature Shop Creative Supervisor)
AD = Anthony Daniels (Actor)
MW = Matthew Wood (Supervising Sound Editor/Voice Actor)
TB = Trisha Biggar (Costume Designer)
SLJ = Samuel L. Jackson (Actor)
PH = Pablo Hidalgo (Official Site, Webcam)
RC = Ryan Church (Concept Artist)
DG = Dan Gregoire (Pre-Visualization Effects Supervisor)
DB = Don Bies (Droid Unit Supervisor)
NG = Nick Gillard (Stunt Coordinator/Swordmaster)
THC = Topps Heritage Card
AFCB = Action Figure Card Back
MK = Michael Kingma (Actor)
CL = Christopher Lee (Actor)
JL = James Luceno (Writer)
BG = Brian Gernand (Model Supervisor)